| What solutions do we offer?
By answering the questions shown below, we can help tailor a solution customized to your unique needs and challenges. These few questions help us, and you, to determine the right mix of RegScan products and services to build a RegScan GCS 2.0 solution for you.
To start the process, read a question, click the link, get more details, and finally speak to a RegScan sales associate. What solutions do we offer?
Is it possible to get a regulatory updating and
research service that is easy to use and complete? [find
a solution]
How can I track and easily identify regulatory
change? [find a solution]
Is
it possible to find a compliance management system that is both easy
to use and easy to administer? [find a solution]
How do I keep my international facilities in compliance? [find a solution]
How do I easily identify what the
state and federal differences are within a specific topic? [find a solution]
How do I monitor EHS regulatory initiatives before they become a regulation? [find a solution]
How do I find Federal, State and International checklists? [find a solution]
I need Federal and State regulations other than Environmental, Health and Safety. Can RegScan GCS 2.0 help? [find a solution]
How
can I better manage my compliance related documents, permits, and workflows? [find
a solution]

Is it possible to get a regulatory updating and
research service that is easy to use and complete?
RegScan GCS 2.0 is an intelligent, innovative and integrated online compliance system that helps you make smarter choices for your organization. GCS 2.0 expands the usefulness and ease of accessing EHS compliance information supporting approximately 60 countries. The support tools range from full-text regulations, audit checklists, multiple regulatory change tracking methods, and plain English analysis to MSDS and chemical lists research databases.
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How can I track and easily identify regulatory
change?
Can I compare current regulations with previous
versions?
GCS' Strikethrough feature [details]
Is there a way the EHS practitioners in my company can receive specific news and analysis and filter only the information that is of concern to them and get it from one source?
GCS' Dashboard feature[details]
Is there a tool to help my US facilities comply with OSHAS 18000, ISO and RC14001 4.3.2 standard?
My WatchList [details]
Because many of my US facilities have different environmental aspect profiles, can I monitor specific lists of regulations for change for each of my facilities?
My WatchList [details]
Can I create bookmarks of frequently accessed US regulations and be notified when they change?
My WatchList [details]
Because many of my US facilities have different environmental aspect profiles, can I monitor specific lists of regulations for change for each of my facilities?
My WatchList [details]
Can I track US regulatory activity by topic?
LookOut E-Mail Alert [details]
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Is it possible to find a compliance
management solution that is both easy to use and easy to administer?
Is
it possible to find a compliance management system that is both
easy to use and administer?
Yes!
If your current system is too complex and too hard to administer, RegScan’s
Socrates features an intuitive interface that is both intuitive and easy
to use. Its self-administrative features makes adding users almost effortless
and both novices and power users will find RegScan Socrates easy to navigate.
[details]
Who
has access to Socrates, and how much does it cost?
All
users in your RegScan license group have immediate access to Socrates
once they activate their RegScan GCS user profile. Socrates has no upfront
fees, just an economical per user annual license fee. [details]
Do
I have to login every day to stay up-to-date on project statuses?
No.
Socrates offers three options for notification: e-mail alert, RegScan
GCS Dashboard alert, or RSS feed. With Socrates, users have multiple
ways of knowing what is happening with projects. [details]
If
I am working on a task and the underlying regulations change, how
can I know immediately so I don’t waste time and resources?
Socrates
automatically monitors regulatory links for change and alerts you when
a change is found. It also adds the date that the change alert took place
to your history log so that you can easily determine when a regulation
changed and if it has changed multiple times while the task is open.
[details]
Can
I track audit action items from my compliance and internal audits
and manage corrective action tracking?
Yes!
By using the CATS (Corrective Action Tacking System) module, you can
track your audit questions and findings against a project. To make this
easier, you can either select an audit profile that was generated with
the RegScan Audit Applicability module or you can use the provided template
to load you own XLS format audit checklists. [details]
Administration
is time-consuming. I don’t want to set up every user individually,
yet I want them to be able to create and manage tasks. How can
Socrates help?
Socrates
automatically detects all users with the same license number who haves
set up a RegScan user profile and automatically adds them to the workgroup.
All added users get the default settings. [details]
I
have to comply with ISO Standards requirements. Can Socrates help?
Yes!
The project and task management features found in Socrates, paired with
the ability to generate tasks based on specific regulatory drivers can
help you comply. You can also track activities readings (or other findings
related to a task or a project) by simply adding external links to them.
[details]
How
can I monitor the progress of an assigned project?
Socrates
uses a project completion status that is updated by the user. This simple
dropdown menu allows the user to show where the percentage of completion
a particular project is at. This status field is also shown on the project
summary page, so that the project manager can see the progress at
a glance. All overdue projects are flagged in red, and Socrates
also sends out a status alert. [details]
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How do I keep my
international facilities in compliance?
Is
there a way to understand the scope of
EHS legislation in countries where I have facilities?
Enhesa Country
Profiles [details], International Legal Registers and Audit Protocols [details]
Can
I get regulatory compliance requirements in
English for my facility in Mexico as
I am not very fluent in Spanish?
Full-Text,
Dual Language [details]
I
have manufacturing sites in many countries and would like to keep
a finger on the legislative pulse in all of these countries. Is there
an easy way to do that?
Global
Newsletter [details]
Is
there a way to identify, track and analyze critical EHS policy and
regulatory developments in countries where I have manufacturing facilities?
Country
Monitors [details], International Legal Registers and Audit Protocols [details]
Is
there a tool to help my international manufacturing facilities comply
with ISO 14001 4.3.2 standard?
Enhesa Country
Monitors [details]
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How do I easily identify
what the state and federal differences are within a specific topic?
I
have inexperienced environmental practitioners. Is there a method
they can use to quickly understand federal or state regulatory requirements
on any given topic?
Plain-English
Treatise Materials [details]
Can
I get help to understand the environmental
federal and state differences within a given topic?
Plain-English
Treatise Materials [details]
Is
there a way to simultaneously review both the federal and state regulations
on specific environmental topics?
GCS'
Parallel Topical Search [details]
How
can I find a regulation when I am not sure of the key words to use?
GCS'
Parallel Topical Search [details]
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How do I monitor
EHS regulatory initiatives before they become a regulation?
Is
there a service my legal counsel can use to monitor environmental
litigation between the government and private enterprise?
The
Global UPDATE [details]
Is
there a way to monitor congressional environmental activity related
to recently introduced bills?
The
Global UPDATE [details]
Can
I track environmental activity in multiple states?
The
State UPDATE [details], RegScan State Registers [details]
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How do I find federal, state and
international checklists?
Can
I create tailored checklists for my US facilities and share them
with another user in another facility?
Audit
Applicability's Export Profile feature [details]
Is
there a way to be made aware of changes in the regulations that are
referenced in the checklists?
Export
Profile to My Watchlist [details]
Can
I export the checklists to my other environmental management systems?
Content can be exported via Web Services to other online systems. [details]
Can
I get checklists in both English and the native language of the country
where my facility is located?
Yes
[details]
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I need Federal and State regulations
other than Environmental, Health and Safety. Can RegScan GCS 2.0 help?
I
need Federal and State regulations other than Environmental, Health
and Safety. Can RegScan GCS 2.0 help?
At
the Federal level RegScan provides all 50 Titles of Code
of Federal Regulations current-to-the-day, which cover everything from
agriculture to transportation to health care. [details]
At the State level, RegScan's State Registers service tracks all proposed rules as soon as they are officially published, no matter what the topical area. RegScan also has state health care regulations.[details]
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How can I better manage my compliance
related documents, permits, and workflows?
How
can I easily fill out of complete PDF-based forms? How can I generate
fillable forms?
The
Fillable Forms Manager feature of Socrates allows you to make any PDF a
fillable form. It also comes with an advanced feature to create form templates;
these templates are fillable-fielded forms that allow for guided entry.
They also allow the entered content to be exported in XML format. As a
RegScan GCS subscriber, you can have access to over 23,000 PDF based guidance
documents and forms depending on the scope of your data license. [details]
I
have forms (permits) that must be filled out periodically, and I have
others who must complete them as well. How do I manage this process and
keep a copy of what was submitted?
Using
the Socrates Fillable Forms Manager in conjunction with the Socrates
Task Management system will allow you to manage the updating and completion
process. All the features you need are integrated within Socrates to
allow you to create a work process that will provide control, monitoring,
and support the saving of submitted information. [details]
How
can I know if the staff I have assigned to completing forms are on
schedule to get them done?
Socrates
Task manager allows you to assign a scpeific task to a person -- such as
a plant manager -- who can complete the attached forms, add comments, and
provide you with automatic updates and a history log of their completion
of the required forms. [details]
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